From: spamtrap42@jacob21819.net   
      
   On 2012-07-15, Chris  wrote:   
   > I'm having a problem getting my webcam to come on when in a video chat.   
   > It will come on when I bring up Skype, it will come up when I run Cheese   
   > but other than that nothing. Xcam reports "Failed to start   
   > camera:Invalid argument. Any assistance would be appreciated.   
   >   
   > Chris   
      
   One possibility might be a permissions problem:   
      
   Is the user account in question a member of the video group?   
   Has that account logged out and back in since being put in the   
   video group?   
      
   What are the owner, group, and permission on /dev/video*?   
      
   What are the group memberships of the user account in question?   
      
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   Robert Riches   
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